Great traits and features of software architectures
I have been wanting to write this article for quite some time, as I have always been interested in Software Architecture. Not any architectural style in »
xUnit - How to assert that a call throws an exception
A year ago I made a post on the absence of the DoesNotThrow assertion in xUnit. In this post I show how you can assert if »
The Arrange, Act and Assert structure for unit tests
The Triple A (AAA) abbreviation: Arrange. Act and Assert is a way to structure your unit tests into 3 sections: Arrange: Assign variables, setup stubs, mocks »
What is a unit test?
In this post I describe what units tests are all about. It seems to me that in the last many years, the focus has drifted away »
Mocks vs stubs, the pros and cons of frameworks vs implementations
I will go right to the point here. In the title I have used the term "stub" in its broad sense. What I really »
Deciding on what values to use for (unit) test cases
Often when writing tests one value can be as good as any other value. Such as if you need to apply a number within a range »
Levels of automated tests in software - when to use what?
In this post I will describe some automated testing techniques. Testing is done to assure quality in our systems. But what is quality? Quality is that »
Why do we use mocking for unit tests? and the use of test-doubles
In order to understand mocking we need to understand different types of test doubles and what unit testing is. Later in this blog post I will »